(Jerusalem Post) The Belgian Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS) has revoked the refugee status of the European head of the pro-Palestine group Samidoun.
Former secretary of state for asylum and migration Nicole De Moor (CD&V) requested a review of Khatib’s refugee status in spring 2024; however, the withdrawal of his status only occurred on Wednesday.
Palestinian national Mohammed Khatib, the European coordinator of Samidoun, has resided in Belgium since 2010 and was granted asylum in 2015. He is registered as a “hate preacher” with the Belgian Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (CUTA) due to his overt support for Palestinian armed resistance, and his “respect” for Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which are both on the list of terrorist organizations in the EU.
